A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Suthe,) Suth, Suith, adv. Also: sutht, swth, soth. [ME and e.m.E. soþ (Orm), soth (Cursor M.) sothe (Malory), sooth (Shakespeare), OE sóðe, sóþe; f. Suth(e,adj.] Truly, in truth. Also with adverbial modifier.(1) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2029.
It is said soth langtyme syne: Quhene women [etc.] c1460 Regim. Princ. 78 (Maitl.) (see Suth(e adj. 1 attrib.). c1475 Wall. ii 293.
And so he told, … Quhilk hapnyt suth in mony diuers cace(2) c1420 Ratis R. 1709.
[Albertus Magnus] left sindry experimentis, that provis weil sutht his ententis a1568 Bann. MS 132a/23.
Kyndnes to kyth I salbe blyth For windir suth pryd hes ane fall
b. Used as an interjection.c1420 Wynt. vi 170.
‘Swth’, scho sayd in hyr hethyng … ‘Ane haly man … wes he' a1500 Henr. Orph. 178.
That I noucht faynt nor fall Quhill I hir fynd, for seke hir suth I sall a1578 Pitsc. I 35/30.
I ame, suith, the more offendit that [etc.]
